Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
John W. Musser
Jun 17, 2005
John W. Musser, 81, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth, had lived in Marshall County since January 17, 2004, coming from Noble County. John went to be with the Lord at 10:10 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2005, in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, Plymouth. He had suffered from lung cancer for a year and a half.Born in Wawaka, Ind., on July...
Richard Alan Jones
Jun 15, 2005
Richard Alan “Rick” Jones, with his supportive family and friends to comfort him, ended his enduring battle with Huntington’s Disease, at 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. Rick, of 7382 S.R. 17, Plymouth, died in the genuine care of Miller’s Merry Manor, Culver where he had made his home for nearly the past two years. He loved and experienced...
John F. Ruff
Jun 15, 2005
John F. Ruff, 93, a lifetime Marshall County resident, died of natural causes Wednesday morning, June 15, 2005. John died on the family homestead where he was born and spent his life working the ground, 7293 Plymouth-LaPorte Trail, Plymouth. He was born July 23, 1911, the son of Charles W. and Ella Glass Ruff.As a child he attended the old...
Treva I. Ritenour
Jun 12, 2005
Treva I. Ritenour, 89, of 15715 N. Michigan Rd., Argos, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, 2005.Born the daughter of George Allen and Florence M. Knepper Eizinger on February 27, 1916, in Tippecanoe, Ind., Treva graduated from Tippecanoe High School with the class of 1934.Treva and Andrew H. Ritenour were...
Harold C. Young
Jun 6, 2005
Lifetime Marshall County resident, Harold Clinton Young died unexpectedly from natural causes, at his residence, 806 W. Jackson St., Plymouth, on Monday, June 6, 2005, at 9:35 a.m. Harold was 86-years-old.He was born in Circleville, Ohio, on June 15, 1918, the son of Clinton B. and Mary K. Eitel Young.Harold attended Bremen High School.A veteran of the United States Army,...
Robert L. Murray
Jun 5, 2005
Robert L. Murray, 82, was born September 10, 1922 in South Bend, Indiana, the son of George D. and Maude E. Mendenhall Murray. Bob died of complications from a Diabetic condition at 4:09 a.m. Sunday in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Bob grew up in South Bend where he attended school and then moved to Plymouth where he would...
Marian Paton
May 29, 2005
Marian J. Paton, 74, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living in Garden Court East, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Culver, on Sunday, May 29, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. Marian was born in Plymouth on March 29, 1931. She was the daughter of Vern and Mabel M. Barber Dipert. She graduated from Plymouth High...
Edmund N. Hartman Sr.
May 28, 2005
Edmund N. “Ed” Hartman, Sr., a lifetime Marshall County resident, living on the family homestead, established by his grandfather at 12966 14th Road, Plymouth, died on Saturday, May 28, 2005, at 11:45 a.m. Ed, 76, died in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, from complications of a heart by-pass operation he received on March 3rd.Born on April 14, 1929, in Plymouth, Ed...
Gerhart C. Goldt
May 25, 2005
Gerhart C. “Gib” Goldt, 77, a resident of Marshall County most of his life, died at his residence, 11326 S. Michigan Rd., Plymouth, at 8:07 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Gib died following an 11-year illness in the home where he had lived for over 41 years.He was born in South Bend, Ind., on Feb. 22, 1928, the son...
L.C. Longmire
May 22, 2005
L.C. Longmire, 75, of 5174 East 575 North Rochester, Ind., died of natural causes at 10:35 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2005, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana.L.C. was born on March 20, 1930, in La Follette, Tenn. He was the son of Birt and Ethel Bailey Longmire. He attended schools in La Follette.He has been a resident of the...
Jonathan Duane Johnson
May 19, 2005
Jonathan “John” Johnson, 55 of 304 Maplewood Avenue Bourbon died on Thursday May 19, 2005 at 6:43 pm in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.John was born in Muncie, Indiana to Allie and Martha Umbaugh Johnson on September 14, 1949. He attended schools in the Muncie School System.He was a proud and honored Vietnam Veteran serving in the United States...
Vivian K. Braun
May 18, 2005
100 year old German descendant Vivian K. Braun died of natural causes at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2005 in the Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. The former Sheboygan, Wisconsin resident was born on March 1, 1905 in Kewaunee, Wisconsin the daughter of Albert and Anna (Lausher) Altmeyer. She received her schooling at Holy Name Catholic in Sheboygan.On November 16, 1923...
Harold Lee
May 17, 2005
Former Plymouth resident Harold LeRoy Lee, 81, was no stranger to the road, in fact he new it from coast to coast and border to border by the time he retired from the Teamster’s Union as a long distance truck driver. Since 1983 he has made Indiana and Alaska his home where he will be missed by his wife Pat,...
Ethel V. Jeffirs
May 15, 2005
Our community has lost an American original. The grand lady of music, Ethel V. Jeffirs, has died.A lifetime Plymouth resident, Ethel was 102-years-and ten-months-old when she died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2005.Born north of LaPaz, Ind., on July 24, 1902, Ethel was the daughter of Robert C. and Dora...
G. Louise Stinson
May 15, 2005
Gertrude “Louise” Stinson, 93, 1900 Hillcrest, Plymouth, died at her residence at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2005, under the loving care of her family and Marshall County Hospice.Born in Sandoval, Illinois on April 13, 1912, she was the daughter of Silas and Susan White Dolsen. Louise graduated from Sandoval High School and the Chicago College of Business.On October...
Paul Richard Shafer
May 8, 2005
Paul Richard Shafer, 76, of 850 N. Oak Road, Plymouth, died at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday evening, May 8, 2005, in the Bremen Healthcare Center.Paul, the son of Charles R. and Ethel Gray Shafer, was born in Marshall County on October 1, 1928, and lived here all of his life. He attended Plymouth schools.On June 12, 1948, in Plymouth, Paul...
James D. Renz
May 7, 2005
After a long and courageous battle for most of his life, James D. “ Jim” Renz, 52, has died.Jim died in the Southlake Methodist Hospital, Merrillville, Ind., at 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2005.He was born in Erie, Penn., the son of James T. and Patricia A. Howe Renz and lived in Plymouth for most of his life. He...
Glady E. Sisk
May 6, 2005
Gladys E. Sisk, 81, affectionately called “Little Grandma,” by her family and close friends, died on Friday, May 6, 2005, at 2:43 a.m. at her residence, 805 Baker St., Plymouth, following an extended illness. “Little Grandma” loved and was deeply loved in return by her devoted grandchildren and great-grandchildren…and they, in turn, were her pride and joy.Gladys was a Marshall...
Patricia Mae Branton
May 3, 2005
Patricia Mae “Pat” Branton, 10682 Hawthorn Road, Plymouth, died, following a long term illness, in the Life Care Center, Rochester, Ind., on Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at 10:01 a.m. She was 57 years old.Pat, the daughter of Floyd and Dorothy Holt Yeager, was born in Streator, Ill., on Sept. 4, 1947. She attended Woodland schools.On Nov. 9, 1963, in Streator,...
Ben Sherwood
May 2, 2005
Benjamin Harrison “Ben” Sherwood, Jr., 88, of 13469 7th Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 10:28 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2005.Ben was born in Sedan, Indiana, on July 25, 1916. He was the son of Benjamin H. Sr. and Mae Rosetta Stoup Sherwood. He attended school until the 8th grade.On November...
